thanksgiving

Achiote Butter-Basted Roast Turkey with Ancho Chile Gravy

by Malcolm Bedell November 21, 2012

We had lived in Mexico for a little over a year when my dad arrived. After years of marriage, he was in the middle of a rough patch with my mother, and was determined, at 65, to have one last big solo adventure abroad, taking a caretaking position for a beach house about 45 minutes [...]

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Chocolate Pecan Pie

by Jillian Bedell November 20, 2012

Pie is really having a moment. Am I right? As a nation, we’ve revisited cupcakes, experimented with cake pops, gotten cozy with red velvet and all went bananas for salted caramel everything. I think now we’re in the midst of a pie Renaissance. Pie is humble. It has working class roots. In the movies scrappy, [...]

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Cornbread Dressing with Fresh and Dried Fruit

by Jillian Bedell November 19, 2012

My idea of truly perfect stuffing involves bread, sausage, sage, butter, onion and celery. But not even sausage, really, or even sage. One day I hope to be extremely old and senile and have some very official rider in my old folks home, undoubtedly run by robots, wherein I am to be fed mushy stuffing [...]

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Pumpkin Pie with Crushed Walnut Crust

by Jillian Bedell November 14, 2012

Last year during the holidays, I was pregnant, and in the spacious kitchen of our rented farmhouse, I learned to bake. I made cookies and breads, cakes and pie crusts from scratch. I also volunteered at a senior citizens home, reading and listening to music with patients losing time and memory and spent hours talking [...]

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Sweet Potato Soup

by Jillian Bedell November 7, 2012

The day after my birthday, I start thinking about Thanksgiving. A giant meal, a great parade, the fancy silver, wine, and board games. What is not to love? We feel especially thankful this year for our little family; we have a happy, healthy baby who has brought us so much joy. And we can’t wait [...]

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8 Dishes to Get You in the Thanksgiving Mood

by Malcolm Bedell November 1, 2012

If food bloggers have a Superbowl, it’s Thanksgiving Day. Oh, sure: There’s the giving thanks and the cornucopias and the shoes with big brass buckles and all that. There’s also no other holiday where you are given permission (nay, encouraged), to eat as much as is physically possible, pressing well beyond the point of simple [...]

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Classics: Stuffed Mushrooms

by Jillian Bedell July 27, 2012

These stuffed mushrooms are a perfect party canape. Classic, bordering on kitschy, but not all-the-way kitsch. The inclusion of Ritz crackers was, in my opinion, a bold choice. Ritz crackers remind me of my grandmother’s friend, Arlene. Did you ever have to accompany your grandma to a friend’s house? Like, if you were staying with [...]

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Coffee “S’mores” Pie

by Jillian Bedell July 16, 2012

Juliette Low founded the Girl Scouts of America on March 12, 1912. On September 15, 1985, I joined their illustrious ranks, as a member of Troop 207. Those early days of scouting were character-building, they said. Mostly I was bored, and wished I could bring a book. Forced to craft an orange, vinyl sit-upon sitting in [...]

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Chipotle and Rosemary Roasted Nuts

by Malcolm Bedell December 13, 2011

This was my first batch of homemade roasted nuts, and I am officially a believer. You will be, too. Regular ol’ bulk mixed nuts (I found unsalted, unroasted mixed nuts at Trader Joe’s) are transformed by a few herbs and spices into a completely new dish, served warm, and perfect for holiday get-togethers. This version [...]

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Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey & Chorizo Breakfast Hash

by Malcolm Bedell November 25, 2011

The morning after a big family meal like Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to whip up a breakfast hash. You’ve got most of the ingredients already-cooked, and it uses up a lot of leftovers with new flavors completely unlike what you experienced the night before. The secret to a good breakfast hash, as I learned [...]

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